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After two years of radio silence, London-based darkwave project Affet Robot returns with a new release that feels less like a comeback and more like a resurrection from the depths. Kan ve Kül (Blood and Ash) isn’t a whisper from the past—it’s a detonation. There’s a pulse inside this track that claws its way out of the ruins, determined and unflinching. This isn’t hesitation; it’s catharsis. It’s the sound of someone breaking the dam and letting the flood roar through.
The track opens with synths that throb like an air-raid siren for the soul. Beneath it, a bassline prowls—thick, relentless, and hungry—while the drums land like thrown bricks, each hit measured but merciless. Over it all, Gunsan’s voice cuts through with startling clarity, as if bearing witness to a world both collapsing and reborn. Sung entirely in Turkish, his delivery carries a raw intimacy, a tension that English could never quite contain.
Lyrically, Kan ve Kül is a hymn from the ashes—bloodied, but defiant. The wounds it speaks of are real; the atmosphere heavy with dust and doubt. Yet this isn’t a plea for deliverance. Gunsan sings from within the storm, unflinching, his voice rising through the debris. Faith falters, the ground trembles, and still, there’s motion forward. Beneath the soot and grief, a spark endures—the stubborn beauty of resilience.
Kan ve Kül feels like a transmission from someone who’s survived collapse and decided to sculpt something sacred out of the wreckage. It’s industrial without sterility, emotional without sentimentality. The song builds its own cathedral out of distortion and reverb, and when it ends, the silence that follows feels almost holy.
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Produced in South London, Kan ve Kül bears that city’s mechanical precision, tempered by a Mediterranean heart that beats hot beneath the circuitry. Barış Ergün’s mix gives it weight and tension—the low end roomy but never loose, the synths slicing through shadow. Gianni Peri’s mastering lets the track breathe without dulling its sharpness. The cover artwork, photographed by Gökay Çatak and designed by Öykü Özünal, evokes a world where ruin and beauty coexist—just like the song itself.
Listen to Kan ve Kül below and order the single here.
Affet Robot is the musical project of Gunsan Erdem, a producer and multi-instrumentalist originally from Turkey and now based in London. Since its formation, Affet Robot has carved a space in the international darkwave and synth scene with its fusion of cold electronics, melancholic melodies, and Turkish lyricism. The project draws on the legacy of 1980s synthpop and post-punk while carrying the emotional and cultural depth of Erdem’s roots. Each release feels like a transmission from two worlds colliding—the mechanized pulse of the West and the aching soul of the East. With Kan ve Kül, Affet Robot reaffirms its place as one of the most vital voices bridging that divide.
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